Mail-receptacle.



'F. M. & F. WEIMER.

MAIL REGBPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED 1110.2, 1913.

1,109,491 Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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W1 NESSES I THE NORRIS PETERS 00-. PHOTO-LITNO-, WASHING NN.-D- C.

IN VEN' T 0R5 P. M. & R. P. WEIMER.

MAIL BEGEPTAGLE. nrmcymo: nLnn we. 2, 1913. 1,109,491, Patented Sept. 1,- 1914.

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7H! NORRIS PETERS CO" PHOTD-LITHO.. WASHINGTON, D. C.

I NVENTO s F. M. 6:11. P. WEIMER.

MAIL RBCEPTAGLE. LPPLIOATIOH I'ILED AUG. 2, 1913.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914,

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mgfto b f full, l far, and *exact'description of theinvention, such. as will enable- ,others skilled in the art to} whichitiappertains, to.

vmakeand use the'saine;

" .LThis invention .relates toimprovernents in mail receptaclesand imoreparticularl ,to

': ject of our present "invention bemgf-to provide isimple. and efiicient means to facihtate structures" of this class; WhlCh are a aptable. for use inf'ru-ral mail service, the ob- 7 p H or guides 5 which enter 'rooves in. the side, edges of a slide 6 dispose between said par access tokthemailboxby the carrierp further object isqtorprovide means'for which shallbeoperab e supporting and mani ulating. av mail box,

I in avvehicleg'to project the box from a ost covered such 2 s5, l With;fth "f nd o er ob e s m Y fi thezcover .ogf

- A. further object istoipro'v'ide. sim' le and or'fother support to positionwhere it s all be readily: accessible to the carrier; and lock it in such position and to automatically raise T efiectivemeans .for projecting'a'mai recep portend.automaticallylocking thegsame-um I projectedfposition, andto.

3 ugrovide devices.for-releasingthe pro'ectmg tacle outwardly: from a'post ergether. supe'v'ices a dffOl" efie'cting return 0ft ebox in mi Po on-g a fzzit ge nsauaianand combinations .ofjparts I as {hereinafter set N U is a --perspective ,vlew illuetratmfi same-.1 i1

sect on,

"5 is ,a idetaillj j sectional which-moves itin oneiidirectionfFig 6 is a l tacle projected; Fig. 7 1 a secti nal view of. thdre a k, it fthei ov jn r sed; F

B is i an en ,arged transverse sectional yie 1 Fig; Sis ani enlarge'd view, showingthe Pm j ,endfi i? M Yiew. 0

omerset and; Sta e v and.useful, Improveraents; in MaiLRece taf 16 1; an do her y d e th fo 6 by a carrier seated;

b f t usotally' attached,

' oneend of an arm ,or

vent n consist ce tamn a res:

Gamma pointed. out, in thereof.

" I j -H'F VOII e 's.' if-pf 'fi ,v H 1 1levers 7-8 be turned in one direction on their pivotal supports,

; In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1;"

, our m-1 showingfthe from the post, and

in sectionyshowing"t e-ra r? i y .1 represents a pos iwhich-a mail box or receptacle 2 is-mounted, through; the medium of instrumentalities Patented Sept. 1,1914.

t or pther support on I gramme;or' somnasi-rr,;rnunsxnva im. v

. showingthe connection of-the spring Q and guide rod therewith. i

hereinafter described for projecting said box outwardly and disposing in position" which, shall, be readily" accessible to the car- I"l0I ;;Wh-1l6 he-lS seated in his vehicle. Upon c l the? ost l, 'a'horizontally disposed U-shaped brac et 3 is secured referably by means of;

dependingarms 4, cient length to project some distance outwardly from the post and the inner edges of its'parallel members are made with beads allelmembers of the bracket.

*Two levers. 7-"8 are plvotally mounted his bracket is of sufli shortdlstances from their inner ends upon the bracket 3 and project outwardly in'op-.

posite directions from such pivotal mountin'gs; The weightjof these outwardlypro jecting levers and of the devices (herein- .afterl described) rollers 11f'to, run on To t e outer end of the leveraione endof an. arm o'rbar'12-is pivbar .13. is-pivotally. at.-

v mounted upon-them, is sus- 3 'ta-inedby trackways 9 secured to the bracket F 3', the levers having brackets 10 depending from them" andcarryinfi said trackway's.

theother end of thelatter fbeing' rigidly secured to ,the bottom of the v mail box or recept jcle-2by means offsuitable bolts. To the-outerend of the lever 7,'

tached. the other en'd' of the latter being."

p'ivotally' attached' to'the bottom of the mail box or 're ceptacle at'or near the center the above cdnstruction and arrangeit will be seen that if' the,

said levers would bemoved outwardly andthe outer ends of v the mail. box would be ProJect ou w rdly j that as the arm or bar-12 i is rigidly securedto the box and the arm oi 3 bar ,13' pivotally attached thereto; thebox will be turned iduringits outward movement and-1 thusbrought to positionin' front of the,

carrier sor'that he may have ready accessthereto without shown .i'n'the drawings, the box will be turned "in one direction to accommodate a I leaving or reaching out off. "his vehicle; -Withthe parts connected as ',carrierf riding one direction along the roadway. It is apparent that the box maybe caused tov turn in the reverse direction to,v

;A rod 16 is secured at one end to the slide b (under the sa ine) and the other'end of this rod passed freely through a hole in an arm 17 depending from the rear end of the bracket 8. A spring 18 encircles the rod 16 and bears at one end against the arm 17, the other end of said spring bearing against I a washer on the rod, and thus tends to. move V the slide. in one direction.

-. -Lugs or ears 19 depend from the members of the U-shaped bracket 3 near the forward ends ofthe same, and between these lugs, a lever 20 is pivotally supported. The

short arm 21 of this lever projects upwardly from the pivotal support thereof and is The box 2 is provided with rearwardly pro- 7 preferably made with a curved or beveled face to engage the forward end of the slide 6, while the long arm of said lever depends a considerable distance and is provided at its free end with a hook 22 to be engaged by a suitable device in the hand of the carrier I seated in the vehicle, for operating said lever to move the slide 6 and thus actuate the levers7 8 to project the mail box as previously explained.

The mail box may be provided with a guide rail 23' for the pivoted arm or bar 13, and toone end of said box, a latch 24 is pivotally attached so j-acent arm or bar when ed, and, thus lock. the

bloxin its projected j ecting'ears 25 to which a cover26 is hinged and these ears may be provided with upward projections 27 to form stops for said cover when the latter is open. The cover thus provjjects beyond the rear wall of the box and is engaged by the 28. This lever is pivoted between its ends to the back of the box, and its lower end is forked or bifurcated v as at 29. A guide 30 may be provided on the back of the box for the lever 28 and the lower bifurcated end of' said leverisadaptedto project somewhat below the plane shall be raised to of the bottom of the box. By turning the lever 28 on its fulcrum, its curved upper end will engage the rearwardly projecting portion of the cover and raise the latter. In order that-the cover a suitable height, the

, curved end of the lever is provided with a laterally proj ecting pin 31 which will engage the under face of the cover andraise the lat- .operated to project the box. the arm or bar 13 is moving outwardly durturned toward him to permit the latch (the latter being the parts, the box action of said spring, to its normal position. During such-return of the box, the arm or bar 13 cooperating as to engage the adthe mailbox 1s-pro-- herein set forth. curved upper end of a lever what we claim as new and desire to Letters-Patent, is

ter higher than it could otherwise be raised by the lever. The lower bifurcated end 2i) of the lever 28'is normally in position to receive the arm or bar 13 when the devices are Thus, while ing the operation of projecting the box, said 'arm '13 will" enter the bifurcated end 29 of the lever 28 and turn said lever on its fulcrum to effect the raising of the cover.

A target 32 is pivoted to one end of the ox or receptacle 2 and is provided with an inclined open slot 38 to engage a pin 3-1 on one end of the cover 26. This target is mtended to indlcate when in an uprlght position, that the box contains mail matter to be collected by the carrier. hen the cover is raised as above explained, the pin 3% will be moved out of the slot 33 in the target and I thus release the latter.

It will be apparent from the construction and arrangement of parts herein described,

"that when a carrier, seated in his vehicle, -pulls the lever 20 outwardly,

the mail box and properly ready access; that during such movements of the box, its cover will be raised, and that the box will be automatically locked in its projected position. During the operation of projecting will be projected toward him the box, the spring 18 will be brought under tension, so that when the carrier operates provided with a this purpose) to release will be returned by the finger piece 35 for with the bifurcated lever 28, will cause the cover to be closed down.

In order to protect the bearings for the slide 6' and theparts connected with said I slide from dust, be provided and etc., a cover plate 36 may secured to the bracket 3. Various slight changes might be made in the details of construction of our invention j wlthout departing lim ting ts scope from the spirit thereof or and hence we do not wish to restrict ourselves to the precise details Having fully described our invention secure by 1. The combination with a suitable support and a receptacle, of two levers mounted" onsaid support, arms pivoted to said levers and both of said arms connected directly with said receptacle at points separated from each other, and means for operating said levers to project the receptacle. 2. The combination with a support and a receptacle, of two levers mounted on said support, arms pivotally attached to said levers, one of said arms being tache'd to the receptacle and the other arm pivotally at being rigidly secured to said receptacle, and

means-for o crating l i said receptac 'eand a; horizontal plane. 3i The; combinat'onwith a support a sre vice'ptacle, and a, hinged cover for the latter, iiof, mechanism for prtgecfi" f mj lt e pp rt "Kin it in a lm lie i isli Fe n said receptacle ing mechanism for raising, said cover. 1;,

4. The combinationwith a support,"and Ireceptacle, of levers mounted on isaid support," arms pivoted to Said levers and. con? nected with said'receptacle, a'slideconnectedwith said levers, a lever: for: moving said 7 slide o e d t n to 'pr'oieet th amp:

tac'le from: the support, andmeans for mov-I ing the slide in the reverseflidirection to rep I turnithefreceptacle to'normal'position.

and r a'recept'acle, of aslide mountediin said 'f bracket, levers pivoted to said bracket'fand "connected xlwith' said-slideg arms pivoted to f: said levers'and connected with said recep 5,. The" combination wlitha v fixed bracket,

tacle, a lever. pi vot'all y, supported byme I bracket "and having an ,armg-toengage said 1 f f ceptacle, and'ahinged jcover' foruthe r Copies of th jfllpatentniav slide'for moving it injone' direction to, pm; ject'the receptacle. f 16 The omb'] atloniwith a bracket anda receptac1e, ofa"slide mounted in'the bracket, levers pivoted to' said bracket and'connected with said slide, arms ivotedfte' "said levers 1- and connectedwith t e"receptacle, a lever pivotally supported byitthe bracket for'mov- K35 a a I interposed between-thebracket"and. slidefor moving-the latter in; thereversedirection.

mg theslide in one direction, a; spring 7 The combination with'a support, a re- 9 tacle,--of levers pivotally mounted on; 1E9,

we e l v siinu taneously-iturn p orizontalplane Ianjd} devices j :Cooperating with sa d project ngj and tur arms pivoted to said raising it, said last-mentioned lever having,

a bifurcatedgpart to be en agedby one o ,saidarmsforoperatingsai lever.

S PP 't 'IIIQSiHS for op- "snpport; means for operating said i levers, I l n c ec ed with a rece 'tacle,- a;lever pivoted'to' the re-z I ceptacl'e an adapted to engage the (cover-for r 1 r v. The combination with' a,support and'al I receptacle, of sprinn t p o p v,

T ally mounted onsai '7 erating said levers, arms p voted to said P levers.andjconnecte'dwiththe receptacle, and

' a latch ,on' a the receptacle in "position to engage one of said arms when the receptaclefis projected to retain the receptacle in projiofsaid spring actuated levers.

9. 'Thejcombination w'thfla support, anda.

ireceptacl'e, of leversipivotally mounted onsaid support, arms pivoted to said levers and connected with'the receptacle, means for operating said levers, a fixed trackway,a'nd

j-ected position againstthe retractile action.

frollers'carried by said levers and ada t d- ,7

run on said 'tra'ckway.

v10. The combination w th a a s, a re nceptacle and a hinged cover for the latter, 40f levers mounted on the support, arms pivoted' to said levers and connected, with the receptacle, means for operatingjsaid levers,

Y and means coiip'era'tive withone' of said arms andthe cover for. raising the latter;

ing witn'es ses. v s FRANKM. WEIMER. 1

.Witnessesig' v t H SfCi' HILEg" I FERGUSON. v

1 ROBERT. F. WEIMEBI I In testimony whereofi we have signed this 1 specification in thepresence of two subscribor five cen taeaeh, by addressing the; Commissioner of- Patents, a 'ZVa'UnztomP-Q i 

